The Cecil Whig., 1887-04-23
An Eastern Shore Town.

One of the editors of the Kent Mars
recently visited Easton, Talbot county,
Md, and was so well pleased with the
town that he described it at length in
the columns of his paper. Thinkinc 1t
will interest our readers to become ac-
qIaiuted with some of the features of
this town which is probably the leading
town on the Eastern Shore of Mary land
We give the following extracts.
EaSton Is certainly pretty town. We
think 1t eXcels any town on the shore for
enterprise, for the advantage and coWelv
arrangement of its streets, for pretty re
SIdenceS. public buildings and general
C!ty-IIkc advautages-eXcVpt III one par
ticular, hotel accommodations. In this
latter it is sadly lacking. 1t has but one
hotel IN the town, and that not a very
large one. \ new aud larger one how
ever, is talked of and from what we know
of the people We believe this enterprise
also Will be successfully prosecuted.
The town has population OF about
four thousand, and its location has tins
adyantage-rOom in every direction for
extending its borders. The public schools
are conducted III two large separated
brick buildings. The public buildings
include new market house, music hall
Odd Fellows hall, and engine house, all
of which are substantial and ornamental.
The business houses and stores are mostly
of brick and many OF them have line
glass fronts and very large show rooms.
Evidently some of them do an extensive
business. The merchants of EtStOu be-
iicve i'll printers ink-ali of them al
VertlSe IN their town papers, some tO the
amouut OF two or three hundred dollars
per anuum. y large skating riuk-whlch
I failed to PAYS being converted into Il
| Touring mil. There is oae already in
operation run by steam. Two of the lar
geSt livery stables III the State are found
in EastOn, besides several smaller ones
! We were especially struck with the
! fine, wide pavemeuts, aud learned that
this was at no expense to tue corpora
! ton. The property owner is required to
! pave a width of tive feet in front of hiS
| premises, and he can make it as much
! wider as he plcaScs not to Interfere with
the street the town payeS the cutters.
| mere are ~ hog pens III EaSton. Ihcy
were abolished years ago as Il public uuI-
saEce and under no consideration would
! the people allow the filthy animals again
within or near the town precincts. This
and the garbage system account tOr the
clrauly condition of the town, making IL
SO much the more desirable as place of
| residence. 'Hne garbage system is Lu's :
a horse. cart and harness, bought hy the
town at cost of II -; one man emp Dyed
at $50 per month; board of horse so pc"
month. When not employed in garbI yc
work they are used for service On the
streets. hil garbage, ike tin cans, old
shoes, &c, &U., which So often mar the
streets OF CheStertown, are carted daily
from within she limits of Etstun. Onc
town balm aud one night watchmau
are employed. The former receives $50
and the latter $40 per month. Three
commissioners govern the town and ra-
ccIve s. each per month.
Necessarily the tax rate is now quite
heavy aud there is a bonded debt of sew
eIal Thousand dollars, bat the rapid ad-
vauCem@nt of the town has fully justified
both. The taxes last year was as fol
lows Corporation 81 Ic., special Zoe:
water 5c.-total 53c. on the 500. The
special tax is fur sinking fund to meu /
the bonded debt. The total reseuue Is
about ST, 900. All dogs are taxed 81 50
each bitches 50. In addition G,eas,S yi
dogS are heii rr&pon&ttte for any annoy
ance to neighbors or citizens from tho